

Energi Talks
Markham Hislop
Journalist Markham Hislop interviews leading energy experts from around the world about the energy transition and climate change.
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Mar 9, 2024 • 44min
Nuclear (large and small) a looming disaster for Ontario
Markham interviews Professor Mark Winfield of York University, who says that Ontario remains on the “same high-carbon, high-risk and high-cost pathway of nuclear and natural gas-fired generation expansion that it was on before.”

Mar 7, 2024 • 27min
Russia's invasion of Ukraine blew up world’s energy economy
Markham interviews Gernot Wagner, climate economist at the Columbia Business School, who recently wrote a piece called “The Ukraine War Blew Up the World’s Energy Economy.” But it was the sub-head that really caught my attention: “And the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act is surprisingly well-designed to deal with the fallout.”

Mar 6, 2024 • 40min
A wind, solar developer's view of Alberta's renewables moratorium
Markham interviews Dan Balaban, CEO of Greengate Power, a Calgary-based developer of wind and solar projects.

Mar 1, 2024 • 37min
An engineer's view of batteries, wind and solar on power grids
Markham interviews Josh Tucker of engineering firm Burns & McDonnell.

Feb 29, 2024 • 36min
Cheap solar could create volatile electricity markets
In his introduction, Markham says "Conference Board of Canada" rather than "The Conference Board," which is the US organization for which economist Alex Heil wrote the report, “Too Much Sun? Heavy Focus on Solar Might Create Volatile US Electricity Markets.”

Feb 29, 2024 • 32min
Is UK energy transition stalling?
Markham interviews Frank Ketelaars, operations manager for UK & Ireland at DNV Energy Systems.

Feb 29, 2024 • 40min
New Alberta wind, solar rules will stifle growth
Markham interviews Jason Wang, a senior analyst working on the Pembina Institute's electricity program, about the policy guidance the Alberta government provided to the Alberta Utilities Commission on February 28, 2024.

Feb 23, 2024 • 27min
How Canada could lose 33 Mt/year opportunity to lower emissions
Markham interviews Brendan Frank, who leads policy development and analysis for Clean Prosperity.

Feb 23, 2024 • 29min
How new tech helps wind turbine industry
Markham interviews Josh Riedy, CEO and Founder of Thread, a pioneer of enterprise-scale autonomous data collection for inspection insights and utility management.

Feb 22, 2024 • 35min
Asian demand overstated by LNG bulls like Shell, Alberta
Markham interviews Christopher Doleman, LNG/Gas Specialist, Asia for US-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.